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THE SECOND BOOK OF MOSES CALLED<br/>
<span class=large>EXODUS</span>
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CHAPTER 5
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Moses and Aaron ask Pharaoh to free Israel—Pharaoh responds: Who is the Lord?—He places greater burdens upon the children of Israel.
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And</span> afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> God of Israel, <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/5/1a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ex. 3: 18.">Let</a> my people <sup>b</sup><a href="ex/5/1b" mark="b" type="A" title="1 Ne. 17: 25 (23-29).">go</a>, that they may hold a <sup>c</sup><a href="ex/5/1c" mark="c" type="A" title="Ex. 10: 9; Ex. 12: 14.">feast</a> unto me in the wilderness.
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And Pharaoh said, Who <i>is</i> the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, that I should <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/5/2a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ex. 9: 17; Ex. 10: 3; Alma 9: 6; Moses 5: 16.">obey</a> his voice to let Israel go?  I <sup>b</sup><a href="ex/5/2b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG God, Knowledge about.">know</a> not the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, neither will I let Israel go.
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And they said, The <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/5/3a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ex. 3: 18; Ex. 7: 16.">God</a> of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days’ journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.
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And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/5/4a" mark="a" type="P" title="HEB hinder, deter.">let</a> the people from their works?  get you unto your <sup>b</sup><a href="ex/5/4b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ex. 2: 11; Ex. 6: 6 (6-7).">burdens</a>.
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And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now <i>are</i> <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/5/5a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ex. 1: 12.">many</a>, and ye make them rest from their burdens.
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And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,
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Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.
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And the <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/5/8a" mark="a" type="D" title="OR quota.">tale</a> of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish <i>ought</i> thereof: for they <i>be</i> idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go <i>and</i> sacrifice to our God.
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Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain words.
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&#182; And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw.
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Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/5/11a" mark="a" type="D" title="OR none of.">not</a> ought of your work shall be diminished.
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So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.
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And the taskmasters <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/5/13a" mark="a" type="D" title="OR urged.">hasted</a> <i>them,</i> saying, Fulfil your works, <i>your</i> daily tasks, as when there was straw.
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And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, <i>and</i> demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to day, as heretofore?
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&#182; Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?
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There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants <i>are</i> beaten; but the fault <i>is</i> in thine own people.
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But he said, Ye <i>are</i> idle, <i>ye</i> <i>are</i> idle: therefore ye say, Let us go <i>and</i> do sacrifice to the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>.
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Go therefore now, <i>and</i> work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.
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And the officers of the children of Israel did see <i>that</i> they <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/5/19a" mark="a" type="D" title="Heb., idiom meaning ‘found themselves in trouble.’"><i>were</i></a> in evil <i>case,</i> after it was said, Ye shall not minish <i>ought</i> from your bricks of your daily task.
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&#182; And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh:
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And they said unto them, The <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> look upon you, and judge; because ye have made <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/5/21a" mark="a" type="P" title="HEB us as an offensive savour.">our</a> savour to be <sup>b</sup><a href="ex/5/21b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ex. 14: 12 (11-12).">abhorred</a> in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us.
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And Moses <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/5/22a" mark="a" type="A" title="D&C 121: 2 (1-6).">returned</a> unto the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, and said, Lord, wherefore hast thou <i>so</i> <sup>b</sup><a href="ex/5/22b" mark="b" type="D" title="OR badly treated.">evil</a> entreated this people?  why <i>is</i> it <i>that</i> thou hast sent me?
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For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath done evil to this people; neither hast thou delivered thy people at all.
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